Illustration Chronicles explores a history of illustration through the images, illustrators and events of the past 175 years. Every few months a topic is chosen to highlight the diversity of the discipline.


Preface

An Introduction


Satire

Introduction
001 – John Leech and Punch Magazine
002 – Richard Doyle
003 – Kawanabe Kyōsai
004 – Leslie 'Spy' Ward
005 – Phil May
006 – José Guadalupe Posada
007 – Al Hirschfeld
008 – David Levine
009 – Richard Thompson


Music

Introduction
010 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
011 – Einar Nerman
012 – Alex Steinweiss
013 – Klaus Voormann
014 – Guy Peellaert
015 – Gerald Scarfe
016 – John Craig
017 – Kate Gibb
018 – Jamie Hewlett


Animals

Introduction
019 – Utagawa Kuniyoshi
020 – Anonymous Namazu-e Artists
021 – John Gould
022 – Louis Wain
023 – Benjamin Rabier
024 – George Studdy
025 – Robert Lawson
026 – Quentin Blake


War

Introduction
027 – William Simpson
028 – Fred W. Rose
029 – Käthe Kollwitz
030 – Louis Raemaekers
031 – James Montgomery Flagg
032 – Recording Britain
033 – Ronald Searle
034 – Linda Kitson


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FRIENDS


The work selected here should not be mistaken as the definitive work on any particular topic. For one, there really isn't any such thing as 'definitive work'! Instead, these selections should offer a good introduction to the field and should provide a useful starting point to discover similar works. At the bottom of each article you will also find three further suggestions of other things that you might wish to seek out.